The Church and Her Enemies - 1856

Of course, these parties are hostile. They can never be reconciled. The points between them are vital. The righteous can never approve of the ways, characters and principles of the wicked. Each one of them says with David: "Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred : I count them mine enemies." But the wicked hate the persons of the righteous, and are bitter against them.